I was explaining this to my daughter in quite simplified terms the other day- we evolved to taste sugar and enjoy it because finding a sweet edible plant meant we had a source of energy to help us hunt that day. Pretty useful if you’re a hunter-gatherer.

So we seek out sugar. Now we can get it whenever we want it, in much more massive quantities than we are supposed to be processing. Most of us are addicted. I’m not an exception.

  • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    11 days ago

    Yes, but aren’t those sugars much different (read: better) than refined cane sugar (or worse: HFCS)?

    • RonnieB@lemmy.world
      71·
      11 days ago

      Sugar is sugar, but it’s better that you’re getting vitamins and fiber from those plants as fiber will slow the rate of absorption.

      • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        11 days ago

        Fair and excellent point.

        What I failed to articulate originally was that a lot of food already naturally contains sugar in some form, so adding in more sugar (like cane sugar or HFCS) is what makes it bad for you.